Dr. Kathryn J. Jackson serves on three corporate boards and until recently was the Chief Technology Officer at RTI responsible to transform the research activities to align with corporate strategy, develop technology platforms to drive growth and integrate business units, and to leverage internal capabilities by collaborating with key customers, consortia, academia and government partners. She now consults with government, industry, and academia to drive new technologies to market, solve energy and environmental problems, and improve the innovation effectiveness and investment value.